A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable and two employees of the parking stand at Indore railway station were on Monday arrested for allegedly assaulting five journalists after a dispute.
While talking to media persons here on Monday, Railway Superintendent of Police, RC Burra told, “GRP constable Devendra and two employees of the parking contractor, Sanjay Bhat and Babu Bhat, were arrested by the police for assaulting journalists.” Meanwhile, taking the attack on scribes seriously, Madhya Pradesh
Home Minister Babulal Gaur has ordered a high level probe into the incident following which Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Imreen Shah reached Indore and took the statements of injured journalists. Shah said that she would handover the probe report soon to Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Railways, Maithili Sharan Gupt.
On April 26, few journalists had an altercation with parking contractor employees over a petty issue following which they demanded police to arrest the accused persons after which heated arguments took place between the cops police and media persons. ater, three policemen allegedly attacked the scribes with sticks causing grievous injuries to them, following which three of them were admitted to hospital. The GRP has registered a case of manhandling and abuse against three policemen and two employees.